Chapter 261 - How Did He Offend You?

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In another part of the hospital…

Aaron Li walked out of a doctor's office with a distracted mind. His thought was full of the report and explanation that doctor had given him earlier about the bodies they found a week ago.

Just like the previous victim, the woman they found was assaulted and tortured. However, the assailant was too careful with everything he had done that the police were unable to find anything that will lead them to catch the person.

Judging from the few marks left on the women's body, and the way the women were tortured and killed, the investigating team had concluded that it was all done by the same person.

Still... there were a few things that he could not understand. 

That supermodel, Amanda Shen was suspected murdered by this same serial killer, but there was something different about her death.

For example... the injury on Amanda's head.

The team believed that something had happened and at one point, Amanda had probably fought back to receive that injury.

Aaron rubbed his head as he thought about the case. It doesn't feel like his team will be able to find a breakthrough to solve this case soon.

To make things scarier, this assailant had previously appeared in Z Town and killed several women before he disappeared for a few years and returned.

Aaron was still young when the murders occurred in Z Town and he had no recollection about the case. It was not until he was assigned to L City that he found out that his father and Edith's grandfather had once investigated the same murder in the past.

Years ago, the technology was not that good and they could not catch the murderer. After a few years, the technology had progressed, but they still failed to catch the murderer.

As he thought of the women who had lost their lives, Aaron grew frustrated. How many lives will be lost? What if one day, a person he knew would be the victim?

At this time, there was nothing else he wanted but to catch the murderer.

"Stop thinking too much," his partner, who was assigned to him after he came over to L City, slapped him on his shoulder. "I'm going over there to take a smoke. Are you coming with me?"

Aaron waved his hand. "Go ahead. I'll go and get some drink first. Let's meet at the car later."

His partner left and Aaron walked along the corridor. He found a vending machine, brought a can of coffee, and head over to the garden. Just as he clicked the can open, Aaron noticed a familiar silhouette walking from the opposite direction. Raising his hand, Aaron then called, "Edith!"

The girl turned around and a look of shock appeared on her face. "Aaron."

Aaron walked over and glanced at the paper bag in her hands. The moment he came closer, Aaron could smell the whiff of chicken porridge. "Why are you here?"

"Hazel had a high fever last night," Edith said.

"That little girl?"

Edith forced a smile and nodded. "Why are you here? Are you not feeling well?"

Aaron took a sip from his coffee. "I'm here for work."

"That's right. I heard that they have found a new body last week. How was it? Is it really the same murderer?" 

"Hmm," Aaron took another sip from his drink and smiled. "We are still investigating things."

One look at Aaron's face and Edith knew that Aaron thought that the murder was done by the same person. However, because he was the officer who was investigating the case, Aaron could not say anything too much.

"You work hard." Edith patted him on the shoulder.

Aaron glanced at his friend and noticed the tired look on Edith's face. "You okay?"

Edith chuckled, then nodded. "Of course I'm okay." A thought came over to her mind and Edith tugged Aaron to a quiet corner.

"What are you doing?" Aaron looked around anxiously. He was worried that Neil would appear at this moment and would flash him that frightening scary look.

"Aaron! I have a matter that I need you to look into," Edith said. "Can you help me?"

Seeing the anxious look on Edith's face, Arron was no longer afraid of running into Neil, and instead, he was worried. "What's wrong? If it is something that I can help you with, of course, I will help."

"I need you to investigate someone for me," Edith spoke in a hushed voice.

"What? Did you get into trouble with someone?"

"Somewhat." Edith did not bother to explain. "I want you to look into the Attorney General."

Aaron looked at his friend in shock. "Attorney General? That Attorney General, Jeffrey Leng?" He shifted around to study his surroundings. "Why do you want me to look into him? How did he offend you?"

Edith grew helpless at his continuous questioning.

"Wait. What exactly did you want me to look into?"

"Hazel seemed to be afraid of the Attorney General," Edith said in a whisper. "I want to know what had he done to make Hazel grew afraid of him." The frown on her face deepened. "Aaron, you don't know this, but I have never seen Hazel with that expression before. It's not normal."

Aaron pursed at his lips as he continued to listen to Edith's words. He had met Hazel a few times and quite like that adorable little girl. To think that she had grown frightened after meeting Attorney General Leng, was definitely not normal.

"I cannot promise him that I will find anything, but I'll try to look into him," Aaron said. He patted Edith's shoulder and smiled. "How is that little girl?"

"She's recovering well. It will take some time, but she will be alright." 

Aaron glanced at his wristwatch. "Let me come along with you. I want to visit her." He pulled out his phone to text his partner and followed Edith to Hazel's wardroom.

As soon as Edith walked in, Hazel stared at her with her eyes wide. The expression on Hazel's face was as if she was relieved upon seeing that Edith had shown up.

"I ran into Aaron downstairs," Edith said to Neil. "He heard about Hazel and wanted to see her."

Neil exchanged polite greetings with Aaron and turned to Edith. "Hazel woke up and has been looking for you." There was a trace of helplessness in his tone.

He had wanted to accompany his niece, but the little girl seemed to favor someone else.

They both weren't sure why, but Hazel became restless whenever she could not see Edith around. It was as if she would feel safer with Edith around.

Of course, they were not aware that ever since Edith had rescued her from manager Xiao, Hazel had thought of her Auntie Edith as the person who could protect her from harm. To Hazel, Edith was the safest person she could be with.

Edith placed the paper bag on the side table and walked over to Hazel. "Were you waiting for me?"

The little girl nodded and stretched her hand to grip Edith's shirt, refusing to let go. 

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